Trees

Somehow all 14 of us managed to get up into that tree. I kept expecting some part of it to break or crack or at least bend with the weight of 14 college students on its limbs. But it stayed sturdy and solid while we climbed all over it. I thought about what made these branches so sturdy, really it was just a lot of cells stuck together. No part of it is particularly strong, only when all the cells are combined does it make a sturdy branch. It probably seems like I am going to make this a sappy metaphor about community, like I am going to compare those cells to college and how if we all stick together we can do amazing things. Well... I guess I just did, oops.